# Surnames for Moses (more familiarly known as Moe)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017 "2014-06-30T16:51:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/21 "2014-07-02T00:37:09Z")

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Risthecat

Torhome

Libdenum

Ritania

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/22 "2014-07-02T10:08:58Z")

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Tion

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/23 "2014-07-02T10:24:08Z")

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Gadishu  
Gadon  
Dom  
Gul  
Lal  
Line  
Loch  
Me  
Rass  
Ris Minor  
Nobrow  
Camp  
Ood  
O’Reilly  
Ussé  
Zarab  
Yen  
Zo  
Ving

Actually, after that, I dug out my Shorter OED and it turns out there are a LOT of words that start with _mo_.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/24 "2014-07-02T11:58:55Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
>
> Gadishu  
> Gadon  
> Dom  
> Gul  
> Lal  
> Line  
> Loch  
> Me  
> Rass  
> Ris Minor  
> Nobrow  
> Camp  
> Ood  
> O’Reilly  
> Ussé  
> Zarab  
> Yen  
> Zo  
> Ving
> 
> Actually, after that, I dug out my Shorter OED and it turns out there are a LOT of words that start with _mo_.

Outstanding work! I may review what mine offers. Again. 😉

We might come at it from the other end with things like “Allah.”

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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/25 "2014-07-02T18:47:43Z")

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Hito

Z. Inalong

Stovall

Larry Thecheese

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/26 "2014-07-02T19:34:09Z")

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T. Vate

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**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/27 "2014-07-02T21:37:38Z")

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King Bird D’ontsing

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/28 "2014-07-02T21:42:06Z")

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Lishous Pit Bull

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-for-moses-more-familiarly-known-as-moe/692017/29 "2014-07-03T07:51:58Z")

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Eeny, meeny, miney, and there ain’t no \_\_\_\_\_.

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